A JAPANESE KYOTO WARE TEA KETTLE AND COVER

A JAPANESE KYOTO WARE TEA KETTLE AND COVER

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The Kyo-yaki vessel shaped as a minogame, the mythical creature standing four-square on short feet, the shell with a honeycomb pattern and the seaweed trailing behind its back forming the handle, a sacred jewel at the back; the knop shaped as two very small minogame and the carapace painted with thick blue and green enamels, 18cm. (2)

See Japanese Art, 7th December 2020, lot 248, for another tea kettle shaped as a minogame from the same collection sold in these rooms.